Surname Checker / Palmer
How Common Is the Last Name Palmer?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Palmer today
173,392
Ranked #172 of 162,254 published surnames · 53.09 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 156,601 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
75.08%
Black
18.57%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.55%
Hispanic
2.87%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.